Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi

Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi (died 26 November 2018) was a Somali imam who was assassinated by al-Shabaab in 2018.

Biography
Sheikh Abdiweli Ali Elmi was a prominent imam from Somalia, and he had hundreds of followers; he was a controversial figure for allowing for his followers to chant religious poems with music, as many extremists claimed that music was un-Islamic. On 26 November 2018, Sheikh Abdiweli and at least 17 of his followers were attacked and killed by the al-Shabaab extremist group at his home in Galkayo (also a Sufi shrine), with two suicide bombers clearing the way for four gunmen to storm the building and open fire. al-Shabaab justified his killing due to his playing music during religious sessions.